Best Start in Life Advisor

To work with a caseload of women and families during pregnancy and the early postnatal period to promote the best start in life for every child. You will be based in both the hospital and community setting, providing support in Family Hubs, family homes and community bases.

To support the wider 'Best Start in Life' programme of work within the public health and wider maternity team.

To support and manage prioritisation of a caseload in the maternity Best Start in Life pathways to ensure safe, well organized and evidenced based care is provided to all that access the service.

You will provide support in a range of settings as required for the delivery of smoking cessation services and the enhanced continuity or carer pathway, this may include work with people by phone, by video conference, or face-to-face.

To support the delivery of the service key performance and reporting indicators for tobacco dependency and enhanced continuity of carer pathways.

The Best Start in Life team are based in the John Willie Sams Centere, Dudley, however the team works across Family Hubs, family homes and Community sites, offering a personalised approach to care. The post holder will be responsible for a caseload of women/families in a specific area.

We particularly welcome applications from staff with maternity service experience, interested in a secondment opportunity. Informal discussions are welcomed, please contact Carla Anderson.

To work with the maternity and public health teams to provide holistic care based on a behaviour change approach to pregnant women and their families, with a focus on reducing health inequalities, improving maternal and neonatal outcomes and promoting a healthy pregnancy.

The post holder should have a working knowledge of public health and maternity services, as well as proven experience of working with vulnerable families in a community setting.

Please note for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval and completed documentation required beforehand, as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Qualifications

Desirable: - Additional certificate/Professional qualification in a related area; - NCSCT Practitioner; - Motivational behaviour training

Experience and knowledge

Other requirements